World Environment Day

World Environment Day is the biggest annual event for positive environmental action and takes place every 5 June. ‘Connecting People to Nature’, the theme for World Environment Day 2017, implores us to get outdoors and into nature, to appreciate its beauty and its importance, and to take forward the call to protect the Earth that we share…

A Passive House Takes An Active Stand For The Environment

About an hour’s drive north from Boulder’s city center, a small cabin-like structure sits nestled tightly between three healthy Ponderosa pines. Its south face, with seven giant triple-pane windows, overlooks Rocky Mountain National Park and lets in rays of wintery sunshine. Andrew Michler, the building’s…

Solar Windows: The Future of Zero-Carbon Buildings

The advantages of solar power as a source of clean, renewable energy seem obvious. Sunlight is abundant, free and, for all practical purposes, eternal. While the price of solar photovoltaic cells recently has plummeted and their efficiency has gone up, challenges remain…

Business Delegation Trip to Germany

Recently, I had the chance of being part of the business delegation to Germany. The delegation consisted of a group of selected representatives from Kenyan and Tanzanian solar engineering service providers, industries with the interest in alternative renewable energy supply, mini-grid operators and other companies looking for less expensive alternatives to their diesel backup systems.